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Living Office provides people with 10 distinct workplace settings. Each setting offers a spatial recipe that considers the optimal arrangement of surroundings, tools, and furnishings to best support the activities of individuals and groups in ways that are fundamental to all human beings.

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  • A Haven is optimized for one person, but may accommodate as many as three in some instances.

  • An appropriate vista or view encourages contemplation and inspiration.

  • Boundary enables focus.

  • When required, tools and technology are easily accommodated.

  • A shared Haven must be easily locatable in the landscape.

A Haven is a small shelter where focused work can be done without distraction—or alternatively, a place to unwind.

It can be an enclosed room, such as a private office, or a semi-sheltered or screened-in space out in the open. Depending on its intended use, the setting may offer a work surface and adjustable seating, or take on a more relaxed feel. It may also easily accommodate the use of personal technology and other tools. A shared Haven must be easily locatable in the landscape.

_Haven_Herman-Miller_14-03-17_3030These semi-sheltered Havens offer individuals privacy in a more open office environment.
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These Havens provide (from left to right) a place to converse, concentrate, or contemplate



  • Adequate workspace is provided for a group of workstations, typically in multiples of four, six, or eight.

  • Spatial divisions vary according to the character and purpose of the Hive.

  • Comfortable ergonomic provisioning, sometimes including sit-to-stand surfaces, allows people to work and concentrate for greater durations of time.

  • Filing and storage may be provisioned based on the level of residency.

Generally understood as a grouping of workstations, a Hive offers a setting for numerous people to harmoniously engage in individual and collaborative work.

The setting offers a grouping of individual work points and adjustable seating. Variances in spatial division, storage density, and boundary define the character of the space and help nurture the diverse types of work that occur there. Further ergonomic considerations may include the optimal placement of fixed and adjustable technology.

_Hive_Herman-Miller_14-03-21_3729Variances in spatial division and boundary help facilitate the 
diverse types of work that can happen in this Hive.
_Hive_EN_PUB_P_20140601_025This Hive is a grouping of workstations where numerous people can 
harmoniously engage in collaborative and individual work.



A Jump Space consists of highly approachable work points that facilitate work for a distinct and discrete period of time between other activities.

For this reason they tend to be located along highly trafficked routes, or adjacent to busy intersections within the landscape. A Jump Space may help connect people from disparate locations or teams who otherwise would not meet. It can be configured with comfortable seating at standard desk height or standing-height surfaces.

_JumpSpace_Herman-Miller_14-03-13_2498Jump Spaces are comfortable to use and easy to find, as they 
tend to be located along busy routes in the landscape.



A Clubhouse is a working neighborhood that generally belongs to a team assigned to a specific, long‑term project.

A variety of individual and group work points with adjustable seating enable people to freely and intuitively cycle between tasks and activities as they use a variety of fixed, mobile, personal, and remote technology. Maintaining proximity and the identity of the team within the Clubhouse helps drive the work that occurs there. A Clubhouse should offer ample surfaces to display and share work in process. This setting has defined edges with porosity for visual access.

_Clubhouse_Herman-Miller_14-03-18_3225The occupants of this Clubhouse can choose from a variety of adjustable furnishings 
that support movement between a range of postures.
_Clubhouse_Herman-Miller_14-03-18_3316A Clubhouse and adjacent Cove allow individual and group activities to occur simultaneously.
_Clubhouse_EN_LOC_P_20140517_007In this working neighborhood, people can easily transition between 


A Cove is a compact space within proximity to individual work points or common areas that enables people to assemble and engage with each other for a short period of time.

A Cove may also accommodate participants with provisions for fixed and personal technology. Enough boundary to avoid disrupting others is essential—especially with the addition of technology. People working nearest a Cove are likely to see it as theirs, and they will likely use it more frequently than others.

_Cove_Herman-Miller_14-03-20_3607In this Cove, digital displays and writable surfaces support information sharing among participants.
_Cove_Herman-Miller_14-03-09_1827People working in a Hive can relocate to this Cove to continue longer conversations 


A Meeting Space is designed to support information sharing— whether it’s a single speaker at the head of the room, or a group of peers conversing among themselves.

For this reason, a Meeting Space requires ideal lines of sight for everyone, including remote participants. Adequate perimeter space enables circulation and frees movement in this enclosed setting.

_Meeting_Space_Herman-Miller_14-03-10_1982Meeting Spaces such as this have ideal lines of sight for everyone, including remote participants.
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A Landing is an open perching spot adjacent to Meeting Spaces 
or Forums.

Prior to a meeting it provides a space for attendees to interact. After, it takes advantage of the visual continuity between the Landing and its contiguous setting as an aid to contextual memory, to allow purposeful interactions between people to continue. Accommodations that welcome a brief gathering drive the utility of each Landing.

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A Workshop is the ideal setting for people to work together to generate new ideas and drive their 
work forward.

It offers easy access to analog and digital tools and surfaces to display and create work. People should always be able to see and hear each other easily—even when participating virtually. A variety of postures and distinct groupings of mobile furniture allow people to choose and arrange how the space best suits their work in the moment. Adequate circulation space encourages movement.

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A Forum is designed to support the presentation and discussion
of content.

This is enabled by a clearly defined point of focus in the space, which tends to be architecturally enclosed. Critical elements include a good line of sight for everyone in the audience, excellent sound and lighting, and the capacity to engage remote participants. A variety of repositionable furniture selections should be provided, so people can tailor the space to best suit each presentation 
and audience.

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Plazas are open, welcoming, public spaces situated at major intersections and highly trafficked areas of the work environment.

They support a diverse range of experiences and populations. A Plaza encourages mixing and mingling, enables multiple work activities simultaneously, helps broadcast information, and provides amenities as a point 
of attraction.

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